Paradise, Montana Weather
Paradise, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Paradise, Sanders County.
Full aviation weather for Paradise is published on the Plains Airport (KS34) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Paradise have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Paradise: Mineral County Airport (K9S4) 25 km · Hot Springs Airport (KS09) 29 km · Thompson Falls Airport (KTHM) 41 km · St Ignatius Airport (K52S) 55 km · Ronan Airport (K7S0) 56 km
Conditions reported at KS34 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paradise specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Paradise.
About Paradise, Montana
Paradise in Sanders County, Montana, is a place where the earth seems to exhale mist in the cool mornings, a lingering breath from the surrounding mountains. It lies 52.2 miles north-west of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 314°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of Plains. The land here is a study in greens and grays, the slopes of the Cabinet Mountains often shrouded in a soft, atmospheric haze, their jagged peaks hinting at a wilder, more ancient world. The Clark Fork River, a ribbon of restless silver, cuts through the valley floor, its murmur a constant companion, while the air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of pine and damp soil. Fields of alfalfa and hay stretch out, bordered by the darker, more imposing forests that climb the inclines, a landscape that feels both vast and intimately detailed, each tree and stone a deliberate mark on the canvas. The history of Paradise is tied to the very currents that shape its present, the river that once carried steamboats and logs, and the railroads that later forged a path through this rugged terrain. Established in the late 19th century, its economy has long been rooted in the timber industry, the scent of sawdust a familiar perfume in the air, a testament to generations of work in the dense forests. More recently, the region has found a quiet resurgence through tourism, drawn by the abundant natural beauty and the promise of an escape from the hurried world. The absence of towering structures and the prevalence of weathered barns and modest homes speak to a pace of life dictated by the seasons and the enduring spirit of its people, a quiet resilience that seems to be etched into the very grain of this remote Montana valley.
Live animated radar for Paradise and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Paradise, Sanders County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.389378°N, 114.802076°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59856 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paradise, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paradise, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Paradise includes coordinates 47.389378°N, 114.802076°W, situated in Sanders County. ZIP code 59856. Telephone area code: 406. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
